The American Library Association celebrates libraries and learning with several weeks designed to focus public attention on the work we do. The oldest of these is '''[[National Library Week]]''', usually observed in April.

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==>>There is a list of '''the exact dates for American Library Association library, literature, and literacy events at [http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events]''' on the ALA website.

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==>>There is a list of '''the exact dates for American Library Association library, literature, and literacy events at [http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events]''' on the ALA website at http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks

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Many other opportunities for focusing public relations events may be found in such guides as [http://www.chases.com Chase's Calendar of Events].

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Also, consider using calendar web sites to create a calendar of holiday events, such as [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=2012&country=1&hol=8519551 the 2012 all-Holidays and Observances Online Calendar available from timeanddate.com] (scroll down to the Holidays and Observances box in the middle of the page).

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==Calendar==

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===January===

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[[ALA Youth Media Awards]] - These awards are announced every January on the Monday of ALA's Midwinter Meeting.

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===March===

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[[Teen Tech Week]]

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[[Freedom of Information Day]]

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===April===

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[[Library Snapshot Day]]

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[[School Library Month]]

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[[National Library Week]]

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[[National Library Workers Day]] - This event is held on the Tuesday of National Library Week.

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[[National Bookmobile Day]] - This event is held on the Wednesday of National Library Week.

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[[Support Teen Literature Day]] - This event is held on the Thursday of National Library Week.

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[http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/NationalDEARday.html D.E.A.R. - National Drop Everything and Read Day], April 12, 2012, sponsored by the [[Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)|Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC, a division of the American Library Association)]]; National Education Association (NEA); Parent Teacher Association (PTA); Reading Rockets; The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC); the Newspaper Association of America Foundation (NAA); First Book; HarperCollins Children's Books; and Ramona Quimby.

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[[Preservation Week]]

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[[Money Smart Week]]

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[[National Library Legislative Day]]

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[[El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Dia)]]

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===May===

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[[Choose Privacy Week]]

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===September===

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[[Library Card Sign-up Month]]

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[[Banned Books Week]]

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===October===

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[[Teen Read Week]]

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[[National Friends of Libraries Week]]

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===November===

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[[National Gaming Day]]

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==Other Opportunities==

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There are other opportunities to celebrate libraries, books and reading, sponsored by other organizations:

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[http://www.bookweekonline.com/ Children's Book Week] was relocated from November to May by the [http://www.cbcbooks.org Children's Book Council]<br>

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[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/literacy/advocacy/international-literacy-day/ International Literacy Day], sponsored by the [http://www.unesco.org United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)]<br>

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[http://www.poets.org/npm National Poetry Month], sponsored by [http://www.poets.org/ Academy of American Poets]<br>

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[http://www.bookitprogram.com/Teachers/nyrw.asp National Young Readers Week] of the [http://www.bookitprogram.com BOOK IT! - Pizza Hut national reading incentive program] (formerly National Young Readers Day)<br>

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[http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm Read Across America], a one-day special event from the [http://www.nea.org/ National Education Association]<br>

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[http://www.answers.com/topic/return-the-borrowed-books-week Return the Borrowed Books Week], an annual celebration created by the Inter-Global Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Cartoonists<br>

*[http://www.highsmith.com/librarysparks/ ''LibrarySparks''] magazine has a monthly feature of a calendar showing the various "months" or "days" that might be celebrated by a library or school library media center [http://www.highsmith.com/LibrarySparks/pages/web-resources-current/ which is duplicated on its website]. There are interesting facts, riddles, and suggested readings activities woven in.